Rebecca Schiller
When Giving Birth Leads to Hallucinations, Mania, and Psychosis
One in a thousand new moms will suffer from a rare psychiatric illness called postpartum psychosis. For the women afflicted, childbirth signals the beginning of a terrifying descent into mental illness.
Women Describe Their Orgasmic Births
Giving birth is meant to be one of the scariest and most physically painful experiences in a woman's life. But according to a 2016 survey, a surprising number of women actually climax during childbirth.
The Benefits of Slathering Your Newborn Baby with Vaginal Bacteria
Vaginal seeding is the latest postnatal practice to be adopted by new mothers—and it involves shoving a piece of gauze up the vagina and swabbing babies with it. Why are women doing it, and is it safe?
'I've Named Her Scholastica': Photos of Tanzania's Teen Mothers and Their Babies
In Tanzania, girls are traditionally married off before they are 18. In childbirth, they routinely lack access to lifesaving cesareans and medical treatment. Despite this, young women are daring to dream for more.
Terrible Doctors Are Uploading Selfies Taken Next to Women's Vaginas During Childbirth
Doctors in Venezuela have been behaving abominably on Instagram.
Being Pro-Choice Isn't Just About Abortion
The violation of human rights during pregnancy and birth is no imaginary first-world issue—it's frighteningly real across the planet.
